The MINI Sidewalk edition also featured an array of performance and style enhancers as standard. Including Automatic Stability Control and Traction, a multifunction leather steering wheel, sports seats and an onboard computer – to name just a few.

Meet its show-stopping successor

The upcoming MINI Convertible Sidewalk will also be highly finished, with bespoke exterior and interior design features.

Available in a new Deep Laguna blue, it is adorned with bespoke two-tone racing stripes down its bonnet and colour-coded wing mirror caps, emphasising its sporty credentials and making it instantly recognisable.

The folding fabric roof has been redesigned specifically for the Sidewalk edition, now featuring a woven arrow pattern in the style of a chequered flag. It can be opened and closed electrically and almost silently in just 18 seconds. The 17-inch light-alloy Scissor Spoke 2-tone wheels and unique side scuttles and aluminium tread plates bearing the "Sidewalk" model designation also contribute to this model’s unmistakable appearance.

The seats are trimmed in grey leather surrounded by contrasting yellow braided piping, with additional bespoke features including subtle Sidewalk badging and contrasting trim elements.

The Sidewalk is equipped as standard with the Chili package. Available as an option on the regular Cooper, this includes LED headlights and foglights, an interior lighting package, automatic air conditioning, a height-adjustable passenger seat and additional storage areas.

Open air fun guaranteed

The open air driving fun quota is exceptionally high on the MINI Convertible Sidewalk Edition.

It brings you MINI TwinPower Turbo technology, a 6-speed manual gearbox and a 7-speed Steptronic transmission with double clutch as standard. The new MINI Cooper S Convertible Sidewalk can also be equipped with a 7-speed Steptronic Sport transmission for even faster gear shifts using paddles on the steering wheel.

The new MINI Cooper Convertible Sidewalk is powered by a 1.5 litre 3-cylinder engine which produces 136 hp of power. If you want an even sportier fresh air experience, try the MINI Cooper S version with its 192 hp 4-cylinder engine.

Register your interest now

Priced from £34,215, the MINI Cooper Sidewalk Edition is available to order now and will enter production in March. Register your interest online now at Dick Lovett MINI in Bristol, Bath, Hungerford and Swindon.